
Anu Puusa
Professor
Professor in Management
Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 50 442 3376
I work as a Professor in Management. My current research interest areas are co-operatives, work-community skills/Organization Citizenship behaviour, organizational identity and change. I have published textbooks and numerous journal articles and other publications.
I also believe in giving back: I have positions of trust such as membership of the board at Cooperatives Europe and Pellervo Coop Center (I am bit of a co-operative enthusiastic).
I am experienced organizational speaker and an awarded teacher. I am an academic who does not believe that theory and practice are opposites. My philosophical background lies in the interpretative paradigm: “We look at the same target, but do we see the same thing?”
I am a realist who tend to look at the bright side of life. I believe in the power of questions. Joint pondering and cooperation are the ways forward.
Research groups
Publications
111/111 items-
Co-operative innovations
Puusa, Anu; Mazzarol, Tim. Teoksessa: Eriksson, Päivi; Montonen, Tero; Laine, Pikka-Maaria; Hannula, Anna(toim.) , 2025. Elgar Encyclopedia of Innovation Management. s. 74-78. Edward Elgar A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Yksilön resilienssi organisaatioissa liiketoimintayhteydessä: Käsitteellinen ja bibliometrinen analyysi
Kinnunen, Juha; Puusa, Anu; Hallikainen, Heli. 2025. Suomen Psykologisen Seuran terveyspsykologian jaos abstract -
Autonomiaa vai kontrollia? Tapaustutkimus lisääntyvään itseohjautuvuuteen pyrkivästä organisaatiosta
Kinnunen, Juha; Puusa, Anu; Kuittinen, Matti. 2024. Hallinnon tutkimus. 43: 37–50 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Critical issues of co-operative governance in large co-operatives: Who eventually wields power?
Puusa, Anu. Teoksessa: Warren, Jerome Nikolai; Biggiero, Lucio; Hübner, Jamin; Ogunyemi, Kemi(toim.) , 2024. The Routledge Handbook of Cooperative Economics and Management. s. 241-249. Routledge A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Echoes of Co-operatives from the North - the Breakthrough of the Finnish Cooperative Movement
Puusa, Anu; Karhu, Sami. 2024. Deusto, estudios cooperativos. 23: 35-57 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Enacted or idealistic co-operative values?
Saastamoinen, Sanna; Puusa, Anu. 2024. Journal of co-operative organization and management. 12: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Individual Resilience in Organizations in the Business Context: A Conceptual and a Bibliometric Analysis
Kinnunen, Juha; Puusa, Anu; Hallikainen, Heli. 2024. Nordic journal of business. 73: 117-151 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The Consumer Co-operative Movement in Finland and Lessons We Can Learn from It
Puusa, Anu; Karhu, Sami. 2024. Deusto, estudios cooperativos. 23: 75-106 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The Effect of Trust and Satisfaction on Customers’ Commitment Towards Their Co-Operative Membership in the Finnish Retail Sector
Puusa, Anu; Tuominen, Pasi; Tammi, Timo Tapani; Tuominen, Terhi. 2024. Nordic journal of business. 73: 5-31 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The importance of knowledge sharing structures in sales units for enhancing innovation processes
Ylönen, Katariina; Julkunen, Saara; Puusa, Anu. 2024. American Marketing Association abstract